UCCS announces 30th Colorado Math Olympiad winners

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Winners of the 30th annual Colorado Math Olympiad at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs were announced May 3 during a campus awards ceremony attended by university and Colorado Springs dignitaries.

257 middle and high school students from around Colorado as well as the Alabama School of Mathematics and Science, Mobile, Ala., attended the XXX Colorado Mathematical Olympiad on April 26. Participants were presented five problems and four hours to solve them and provide a complete essay-type solution.The Colorado Math Olympiad is led by Alex Soifer, professor, Interdepartmental Studies.

Judges awarded the honors to the following individuals:

First Prize. First prizes were awarded to two students, Albert Soh, junior, and Jesse Zhang, sophomore, : at Fairview High School, Boulder. Each will receive a gold medal of the Olympiad, a $750 scholarship to be used at any certified American university or four-year college, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, a Casio Prism calculator, a Wolfram Mathematica for Students download, a copy of “The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators” by Alexander Soifer, and an Olympiad-related book by Springer publishers. This was Soh’s second first-place finish.

Second Prize. Second prize was awarded to Shawn Ong, junior, Douglas County High School, Castle Rock. He will receive a silver medal of the Olympiad, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, a gift certificate for two nights at the Wyndham Deerfield Beach Resort Hotel, a Casio Prism calculator, a Wolfram Mathematica for Students download, a copy of “The Mathematical Coloring Book: Mathematics of Coloring and the Colorful Life of Its Creators” by Alexander Soifer and an Olympiad-related book by Springer publishers.

Third Prize. Third prizes were awarded to Jeremy Schiff, freshman, Cherry Creek High School, Greenwood Village, and Sisi Peng, sophomore, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs. Each will each receive a bronze medal of the Olympiad, a $1,000 UCCS Chancellor’s Scholarship, a Casio Prism calculator, a Wolfram Mathematica for Students download, a copy of “The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad: From the Mountains of Colorado to the Peaks of Mathematics” by Alexander Soifer and an Olympiad-related book by Springer publishers.

The students will receive a Casio fx-9750GII Graphing Calculator, a Wolfram Mathematica for Students download, and copies of “Mathematics as Problem Solving” and “How Does One Cut a Triangle” by Alexander Soifer.

The students will receive a Wolfram Mathematica for Students download, a Casio Scientific Calculator fx-115ES PLUS, and a copy of “Mathematics as Problem Solving” by Alexander Soifer.

In the 30 years of Colorado Mathematical Olympiad, more than 18,000 students have participated. They wrote more than 89,000 essays and received about $317,000 in prizes. The Colorado Mathematical Olympiad is a unique joint effort of school districts, schools, institutions of higher education, business community and local and State governments.

For more details and sample questions of the Mathematical Olympiad, please visit http://www.uccs.edu/olympiad. The XXXI Colorado Mathematical Olympiad is scheduled for April 25, 2014.

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs, located on Austin Bluffs Parkway in Colorado Springs, is one of the fastest growing universities in the nation. The University offers 36 bachelor’s degrees, 19 master’s and five doctoral degrees. UCCS enrolls about 9,800 students on campus annually and another 2,000 in online programs. For more information, visit www.uccs.edu.